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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Labour force in Huntsville

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 20 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+64% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Huntsville 18,665
Texas 16M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance Huntsville · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 18,665 · 2025
First value 10,708 · 1990
Highest 18,665 · 2025
Lowest 10,708 · 1990
Average change +1.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearHuntsvilleChange Texas
2025 18,665 +0.8% 16M
2024 18,523 +2.7% 16M
2023 18,044 +1.7% 15M
2022 17,738 +0.6% 15M
2021 17,638 +1.1% 14M
2020 17,453 −0.6% 14M
2019 17,556 +0.8% 14M
2018 17,415 +1.5% 14M
2017 17,161 −0.0% 13M
2016 17,162 +51% 13M
2015 11,398 −1.2% 13M
2014 11,542 +0.2% 13M
2013 11,520 −0.2% 13M
2012 11,546 −0.6% 13M
2011 11,619 +1.3% 12M
2010 11,465 −29% 12M
2009 16,168 +3.8% 12M
2008 15,574 +3.4% 12M
2007 15,065 −1.7% 12M
2006 15,328 +1.9% 11M
2005 15,039 +4.3% 11M
2004 14,423 +0.5% 11M
2003 14,357 +2.1% 11M
2002 14,060 +2.1% 11M
2001 13,777 −0.4% 11M
2000 13,828 +9.0% 10M
1999 12,684 +0.8% 10M
1998 12,585 +0.1% 10M
1997 12,573 +3.2% 9.9M
1996 12,179 −0.3% 9.7M
1995 12,216 +2.6% 9.6M
1994 11,908 +6.4% 9.4M
1993 11,188 +0.5% 9.2M
1992 11,128 +3.6% 9M
1991 10,745 +0.3% 8.8M
1990 10,708 8.6M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
1 Houston 1.2M
2 College Station 69,842
3 Pasadena 67,573
4 Pearland 66,544
5 Conroe 57,790
6 Tyler 55,339
7 Sugar Land 55,244
8 Beaumont 54,202
9 Bryan 47,486
10 Baytown 39,954
11 Longview 38,400
12 Rockwall 29,681
13 Galveston 25,367
14 Fulshear 23,340
15 Port Arthur 22,253
16 Rosenberg 21,230
17 Forney 21,192
18 Friendswood 19,698
19 La Porte 18,768
20 Huntsville 18,523
21 Deer Park 16,875
22 Greenville 16,344
23 Texarkana 15,285
24 Nacogdoches 15,167
25 Alvin 14,414
26 Lufkin 14,384
27 Fate 14,268
28 Lake Jackson 14,053
29 Katy 12,924
30 Paris 11,152
31 Corsicana 11,002

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.